This inscription is built in at the right end by a modern structure raised in front of the Dakshiṇāmūrti shrine. Its importance consists in the Śaka and Kaliyuga dates which it supplies and thereby fixes the period of Uttama-Chōḷa's rule.
svasti śrī śakarayāgavarṣa M 4 Uttamacoḻa
Hail ! Prosperity ! The Śaka year 901 (corresponding to the) Kaliyuga year 4080. The glorious Uttama-Chōḷadēva alias king Parakēsa[rivarman] . . . . . . . . shall be pleased to receive the big sacred offering . . . . . . . . with twenty areca-nuts and eighty betel leaves . . . . . . . . . . to the north of the land (belonging to) Śrīkaṇḍaṉ Avināśagaṉ and (his) younger brother. The western boundary . . . . . . . . the land (belonging to) the seller.
Digital edition of SII 3.135 by